About this deck
A working laboratory notebook on innate and adaptive defense, the antibody Y, vaccines, and the ways the immune system mistakes self for enemy. Key sections include: IMMUNO_ logy; The two-tier defense system.; Innate // fast and stereotyped.; Adaptive // slow, specific, with memory.; The antibody // Y-shape, five flavors.; MHC // the antigen presentation system.; Vaccines // the cheapest medicine.; Autoimmunity // the friendly fire problem.; Allergy // hypersensitivity types I-IV.; The viral particle // what's being recognized..
healthimmunology
